title: [Obstructive sleep apnea syndrome in children--status quo of diagnostics and treatment].
abstract: METHODS
  In the diagnostics and treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome (OSAS), established standards for adults cannot be conferred on children. To get an overview concerning the code of practice, we questioned sleep laboratories performing polysomnographies in children about the used techniques, the interpretation of the results and the recommended therapy of OSAS in children.
  
  
  RESULTS
  17 sleep laboratories participated in the study. It became evident that the individual German sleep laboratories use different criteria in the diagnostics of OSAS in children. For treating OSAS in children, surgery by an ENT specialist is recommended in most cases (75%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  To enhance national and international comparability of diagnostic findings, adoption of the recommendations of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine (AASM) of 2007 for polysomnographic procedures and scoring is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Klinikum der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Klinik und Poliklinik für Hals-Nasen-Ohren-Heilkunde, München, Germany.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dreher
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Patscheider
mesh_terms: D000233:Adenoidectomy; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D045422:Continuous Positive Airway Pressure; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D017286:Polysomnography; D020181:Sleep Apnea, Obstructive / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014068:Tonsillectomy